The best way to start an internet business

Starting a company can be needlessly complicated—lengthy paperwork, bank visits, legal complexity, numerous fees, and non-obvious decisions about what services to use. We built Stripe Atlas to make this easy: a tool to handle everything involved in establishing an internet business. It’s available to entrepreneurs everywhere.

Trusted foundation

Stripe Atlas takes the guesswork out of getting started. Set up with terms designed for tech startups.

Fast and easy

Your new company and new bank account will be ready within days. Keep track of everything in one place.

Knowledgeable community

Connect with other founders and learn from experts. Join an exclusive forum for Stripe Atlas entrepreneurs.

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Startup toolkit

Everything you need to start an internet business. Fill out a simple form and we help handle the rest.

Form a company

Form your new company as either an LLC or C Corporation in Delaware. Stripe Atlas legal documents have been designed by Orrick for internet and technology businesses. You’ll use Stripe Atlas to generate the documents, file the paperwork, and obtain your Tax ID number. Our goal is to have you up and running within a couple days. This includes:

Entity incorporated in Delaware—LLC or C Corporation

Signed documents to establish company rules, founder ownership, and IP ownership

Registered agent service, renewed annually

IRS Employer Identification Number

Free templates for common legal needs after formation

Bank account and debit card

Open a bank account—complete with a debit card—without visiting a branch in person or faxing in paperwork. You’ll be able to log in to your account after signing documents.

Stripe account

We set up a Stripe account that you can use to start accepting payments from customers in 100+ currencies right away. You can take advantage of the complete Stripe product suite, including Connect, Billing, and Radar.

Issue stock to founders

C Corporations can generate and sign documents to issue stock to the founding team, with templates from Orrick and standard legal terms used by many top startups—for free!

Special offers on startup services

Stripe Atlas users can receive up to $5,000 of free credits from Amazon Web Services, $20,000 (and up to $100,000) of free credits from Google Cloud, and flat-rate packages from vetted providers for legal and tax services.

Choose a Stripe Atlas entity

We offer different legal structures for different types of businesses. Learn more about a few key considerations for each:

Ownership

U.S. taxes

Global founders

Flexibility

LLC

Designed with side projects, bootstrappers, and small teams in mind

Ownership

Can be owned by an individual or a group, often the founding team

U.S. taxes

Individual owners generally pay personal taxes on LLC income

Global founders

Non-U.S. owners may be subject to U.S. personal taxes on company income

Navigate taxes

Registered agent renewal

Atlas could let start-up founders sidestep some of the bureaucratic hurdles that often hamper building a new business.

We’re delighted to be working with Stripe to make it easier for our international founders to spend more time working on their startup and less time on paperwork.

Atlas makes it easy to start your company the right way. We counsel high growth companies in 35 countries and are excited to share our startup templates and knowledge with Atlas users.

Navigating accounting and tax matters is critical to the health of any new company. PwC and Atlas offer guidance on these topics to Atlas entrepreneurs to help them succeed.

Trusted by entrepreneurs everywhere

From San Francisco to Sri Lanka, thousands of entrepreneurs in 120 countries have used Stripe Atlas to get their businesses off the ground.

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Led by Madhuban Kumar, Metafused’s mission is to make data meaningful. Their product applies artificial intelligence to let users know what customers and prospects are going to do next.

Zach Holman, one of the first engineers at GitHub, is building During, a calendar that helps you plan and collaborate on everything that needs doing.

Iris is your modern day emergency alert for mobile, founded by Cat Noone in NYC. Iris provides hospital detection, a digital health card and rapid alerts to your loved ones in the critical moment when you need it most.

Started in Ghana, Tress is a social community for black women to discover and share hairstyle inspiration, information and tips. Founders Priscilla Hazel, Esther Olatunde, and Cassandra Sarfo participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2017 batch.

Pasilobus builds apps and e-commerce solutions for clients on Shopify. The company is headquartered in St Louis and has employees around the world.

Zumrod is an e-commerce platform that supplies health and beauty products to women in the Arab World. Co-founder Said Hassan also leads Gaza Sky Geeks, the first startup accelerator in the Gaza Strip.

Join the Stripe Atlas Community

Stripe Atlas members join a global community of entrepreneurs and experts.

Connect with founders

Meet up with entrepreneurs who live near you and chat online with others in your industry.

Learn from experts

Take part in exclusive Q&As with investors, marketers, and industry leaders every week.

Get practical advice

Get feedback on your pitch, marketing copy, and pricing from other founders.

The Stripe Atlas guides to starting an internet business

We’ve worked with experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts to give you authoritative, actionable guidance on how to run the business side of your company.